Jane’s Controversial Blunt Bangs on ‘Big Little Lies’ Have Finally Been Explained

Mehera Bonner
Photo credit: HBO
Photo credit: HBO

From Cosmopolitan

  • Shailene Woodley revealed the inspiration behind Jane’s controversial new blunt bangs on Big Little Lies.

  • Jane’s bangs have been trolled all season by fans who are deeply confused about why she got them.

If you’ve been watching this season of Big Little Lies, you’ve probably been pretty distracted by Jane’s inexplicably blunt bangs. Like, they came outta nowhere, they make no sense, and they’re basically a new character on the show-that’s how much drama they’re causing.

The internet has been divided by Jane’s bangs since Big Little Lies premiered a few weeks ago, and when I say “divided,” I obviously mean everyone pretty much agrees that Jane’s bangs are a mess. And clearly, the biggest mystery of this season isn’t Perry’s death. It’s why the helllllll she got them.

Fortunately, for all of us who remain in a state of ???, Shailene is out here clearing up some things. Turns out, she is the person responsible for Jane’s current hair situation. While talking to the Hollywood Reporter, Shailene confirmed that Jane was simply doing what anyone would do in the face of a major life change: SHE GOT AN IMPULSE HAIRCUT.

“I’ve been in this position in my life where, after a major breakup, triumph, or celebration or after a big change, a lot of people alter the way they look,” she said. “I know for myself, it’s always been haircuts and piercings. That’s been my way of moving forward in new chapters of my life. I felt that for Jane, she’s carried this weight of not feeling in her own body because of what happened to her for eight years. She felt disconnected from her own identity on not just an emotional and mental level but on a physical level as well. At the end of season 1 when Perry died, I felt like maybe two or three weeks after that incident, she would have woken up one morning, looked at herself in the mirror, and thought, ‘This isn’t who I am anymore. This monster is gone and I’m not going to let him live in me or control me any longer.’ In that moment, I feel like she took a pair of scissors and cut her bangs herself.”

Okay, this actually makes a lot of sense. But still:

Shailene continued that Jane would have gone “through her closet and gathered up almost everything and taken it to the nearest clothing-swap store and donated it and gotten new clothes in order to reestablish and be in control of her identity again.”

So really, these bangs are just a form of self-expression and moving on. DEAL WITH IT, TWITTER!

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